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2025-12-18T00:36:09.355Z
BRADLEY vs LI
The players each have two minutes to hit six shots. Bradley does great, finding 300+ yard drives in the scoring grid on several shots to amass 16 points. He only misses the scoring grid on one.
Next it’s Li, who is beautifully consistent throughout, with accurate 300+ yards all the way. But it’s not quite enough as he takes 14 points. Bradley’s 315-yard fourth was the furthest, which appears to have earned him the decisive two points.
2025-12-18T00:29:05.379Z
AND WE’RE OFF!
Kai Trump is here to assist for the coin toss. And… it’s McIlroy’s team that wins it. McIlroy chooses Scheffler’s teams to go first, with Bradley the one to get things started against Li.
Lowry will be up against Burns, Scheffler will face McIlroy and the two Lukes, Donald will Clanton, are the last to go.
2025-12-18T00:26:42.383Z
CHALLENGE NO.1!
There’s a decent-sized crowd at the course, ready for the first challenge.
We’re starting with the timed drive competition. Here, players compete in head-to-head duels with two minutes on the clock and “must combine power and accuracy to launch drives into a scoring grid.”
Here comes the coin toss…
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HOW SCORING WORKS
Each of the first four challenges offers a point to the winning team, with two available to the final captain’s challenge. The team that gets to 3.5 points wins.
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WHAT ARE THE ODDS?
According to DraftKings Sportsbook, Scheffler’s team is the favorite at -135. McIlroy’s team is at +105.
2025-12-18T00:14:54.996Z
KEEGAN LIMBERS UP!
While we’re waiting for the Golf Channel Games to get started, here’s some footage of Keegan Bradley – with the glorious moustache of earlier in the year reinstated – hitting a drive… with a putter.
Yep, it looks like being that kind of night.
Trick shots on the range with Keegan Bradley warming up for the Optum Golf Channel Games. 🔥🎥 @BrentleyGC pic.twitter.com/j66gZFtRoUDecember 18, 2025
2025-12-18T00:07:26.291Z
WHAT TO EXPECT?
So, what exactly can we expect this evening? Well, there are five challenges for the two teams of four under the lights in Florida.
We’ll have a timed drive competition, a timed short-game competition, a Fourteen-club challenge, a timed shootout and a captain’s challenge.
The teams are made up of Scottie Scheffler, Keegan Bradley, Sam Burns and Luke Clanton against Rory McIlroy, Luke Donald, Shane Lowry and Haotong Li.
The action should be getting under way in just over 10 minutes.
2025-12-17T17:47:14.280Z
WELCOME!
Welcome to Golf Monthly’s coverage of the inaugural Optum Golf Channel Games.
The occasion promises something a little different, with a series of challenges between two teams of four captained by Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy at Trump National Golf Club in Jupiter, Florida.
Rather than the usual kind of tournament, McIlroy has compared what’s ahead to an “NFL combine or the 3-pointer contest in basketball or the Home Run Derby in baseball.”
Let’s see what’s in store as the evening progresses.
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